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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 28, 1790
Page
2
The Lord Lieutenant General delivered the Speech from the Throne outlining aims to strengthen finance and state power. Members praised peace and industry as Ireland’s foundation and pledged support for agriculture and linen manufacture. The Commons approved the address and agreed to early daily meetings to advance government business.
Irish House of Commons resumes with Members sworn in and a Royal Address read in support of the Lord Lieutenant's Speech. Richard Longfield praises loyalty and asks the House to present a humble Address to His Majesty, affirming gratitude for peace and the free Constitution.
A man was arrested on a murder charge after Mr Skinner was killed on Edex-bridge. Witnesses say a companion was wounded in the hand and police vow to identify all perpetrators. A separate note mentions scarce ship shipments and no new tax proposal.
His Majesty by royal letters dated 16 July 1739 has appointed Richard Longheld of Ely to the Privy Council. He was sworn in this day in Council and took his seat on the board. Hague reports Count de Keller envoy extraordinary to the States General has arrived and was admitted to audiences.
The Gazette records the Speech of the Lord Lieutenant to Lords and Commons, militia commissions, and numerous surrender and dividend notices dated 1789. The list names officials, appointments, surrender dates, and final dividends across Hertfordshire, London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, and other locales with associated attorneys and venues.
The House of Lords received papers from the Customs and ordered them to lie on the table. Petitions for Scotch Appeals were heard. Mr Lera Kenyon stated that his Majesty received the Address and gave a gracious answer. Attendants for three witnesses in the Hastings trial were ordered in Welkminter Hall. The House adjourned to Saturday at ten in the morning.
At four o'clock the House of Commons failed to reach a quorum with only thirty eight MPs present, so no business was conducted.
A Gazette des Pays Bas reports the Viceroy of Mexico sent a packet home with letters and papers seized from 36 ships by a Spanish frigate. Don Diego de Gardoqui quits New York with his secretary. The Marquis of Waterford arrives in town and will sit in Parliament as Lord Bacon of Tyrone. He was Earl Tyrone when made a English baron.
The National Assembly debated and approved a decree regulating the press for two years, penalizing authors printers and publishers for insurrectionary content and libel, while authorizing public donations to aid Paris's poor and confirming Corsican incorporation with France. The proceedings also reported the execution of two Aga brothers and the electoral rise of M. Agaile to preside over his aria.
The Paris Journal notes physician M. Neckar’s heart fate and recovery as the public follows the discourse. Tadard Marag reprints a denunciation against Neckar in pamphlet form, alleging ministerial corruption and vast funds, with a controversial motto echoed from Roulea.
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